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Congolese president says M23 rebels have not withdrawn as agreed

Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi on Tuesday said the M23 rebel group had not fully withdrawn from areas it seized in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, accusing the militia of faking an agreed pullback of its forces.

Reuters

President Kagame says Rwanda can accept no more refugees from DR Congo

Rwanda can no longer offer refuge to people fleeing violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, President Paul Kagame has said, stoking further tension between the central African neighbours.

Radio France Internationale

'World's most wanted' human trafficker arrested in Sudan

One of "the world's most wanted" human traffickers is arrested in Sudan. Eritrean-national Kidane Zekarias Habtemariam is accused of leading a criminal organisation that abducts, extorts and murders migrants trying to cross the Mediterranean. UN intelligence reports suggest M23 rebels in eastern DR Congo have not pulled back from key…

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Congo M23 rebels hand back army base amid suspected ceasefire breaches elsewhere

Congo's M23 rebel group on Friday began a phased withdrawal from an occupied army and U.N. base in eastern North Kivu province, part of a ceasefire brokered by regional leaders that analysts suspect is being breached in other parts of the country.

Reuters

U.N. internal report flags east Congo rebels flouting ceasefire and withdrawal deal

United Nations intelligence analysts have spotted suspected movements by M23 rebels in parts of eastern Congo from which they were meant to have withdrawn and signs the armed group has seized ground in other areas, internal U.N. documents showed on Thursday.

Reuters

M23 rebels pledge to withdraw from eastern DRC town

The DRC slammed the move as a ‘sham’ designed to distract from the group reinforcing its positions elsewhere.

Al Jazeera

M23 rebels' vow to retreat at odds with hazy reality in DR Congo

Goma (DR Congo) (AFP) - M23 rebels in eastern DR Congo this week promised to retreat from a strategic position even as they conquered territories elsewhere, throwing confusion over the future direction of a year-long conflict.

AFP

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EU urges Rwanda to stop supporting M23 rebels in DR Congo

Kinshasa (AFP) - The European Union on Saturday urged Rwanda to stop supporting the M23 rebel group, which has captured swathes of territory in North Kivu province in neighbouring DR Congo.

AFP

Rwanda says Congo fighter jet briefly violated its air space

Rwanda's government said on Wednesday that a fighter jet from Democratic Republic of Congo briefly violated its airspace, the latest accusation to fly between the two countries whose relations have frayed this year.

Reuters

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Abduction, torture, rape: Conflict in Congo worsens, says UN

The accounts are haunting

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DRC's president Tshisekedi under attack over regional security force

Three prominent Congolese figures, including Nobel winner Denis Mukwege accused President Felix Tshisekedi of pushing the Democratic Republic of Congo towards breakup by bringing in outside nations to tackle its security crisis.

Radio France Internationale

M23 rebel retreat a 'sham', DR Congo army says

Kinshasa (AFP) - DR Congo's army called an M23 rebel withdrawal from a strategic town near the eastern city of Goma a "sham" on Saturday, saying the militia is reinforcing its positions elsewhere.

AFP

Congo's M23 rebels withdraw from seized positions in goodwill gesture

Democratic Republic of Congo's M23 rebels on Friday began withdrawing from some territories they had seized in recent offensives as part of what one of the group's leaders termed a goodwill gesture in a ceasefire brokered by East African regional leaders.

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The Independent UK

Eastern Congo's M23 rebels retreat from occupied territory

Eastern Congo’s M23 rebels retreated Friday from some of the territory it held, the group’s first withdrawal since it began seizing swaths of land more than a year ago

Al Jazeera

M23 rebels pledge to retreat from key position in eastern DRC

Violence from the group has caused hundreds of thousands of people to flee in fear from the DRC’s volatile east region.

France 24

Leaked UN report cites 'substantial evidence' of Rwanda supporting M23 rebels

A leaked report from UN experts accuses Rwanda's army of running military operations against DR Congo. Rwanda has long denied Kinshasa's accusations that it supports the M23 rebels. Also in this edition: Somalia begins bringing home troops it claims were training in Eritrea. Some of the soldiers' families have said…

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Rwandan army conducted military operations in DR Congo, UN says

Rwanda's army "engaged in military operations" against DR Congo's military in the country's troubled east, according to a report by a group of independent United Nations experts seen by AFP on Thursday.

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UN experts point to Rwandan role in east DR Congo rebel crisis

Kinshasa (AFP) - Rwanda's army "engaged in military operations" against DR Congo's military in the country's troubled east, according to a report by a group of independent United Nations experts seen by AFP on Thursday.

France 24

In DR Congo, M23 rebel threat looms over city of Goma

For several months, the M23 rebel group has been pursuing an offensive in eastern DR Congo. The rebels are drawing ever closer to the provincial capital Goma, a city they conquered and briefly held during their last offensive 10 years ago. Our reporters spoke to residents of Goma who are…

The Independent UK

More pressure on Rwanda as France condemns backing rebels

International pressure is growing on Rwanda as France is the latest party to openly accuse the country of supporting armed rebels in neighboring eastern Congo _ with possible repercussions for foreign aid that Kigali has long enjoyed

Radio France Internationale

France denounces Rwanda backing of M23 rebels over DRC killings

France has openly condemned Rwanda's support for the M23 rebel movement in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo who are suspected of massacring at least 131 civilians in late November.

Reuters

U.N. Security Council eases weapons embargo on DR Congo

The United Nations Security Council on Tuesday eased a weapons embargo meant to stem rebel fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and renewed a peacekeeping mission there for another year.

The Guardian - UK

The Rwanda deportation scheme might be legal, but it remains deeply shameful

Britain’s plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda has got the go-ahead just as the African country edges towards ‘pariah state’ territory, says author Michela Wrong

Reuters

Hunger threatens Congo's Goma after fighting cuts supply routes

Sitting in the dirt, Valerie Kahindo picks spoiled kernels from a sack of maize - the only job the farmer can find in the eastern Congolese city of Goma after rebel fighters seized her fields and forced her to flee without her family.

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